| ADEME | Agence de la transition écologique (French Agency for Ecological Transition) |
| AMF | Association of French Mayors |
| ANRU | National Agency for Urban Renewal |
| AR5 | IPCC Fifth Assessment Report |
| ARC | Africa Risk Capacity |
| ART | Alternative Risk Transfer |
| BBB | Build Back Better |
| BIM | Building Information Modelling |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BRE Global | Building Research Establishment |
| BREEAM | Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method |
| C3S | Copernicus Climate Change Service |
| CAMS | Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service |
| CASBEE | Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency |
| CBCI | Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance |
| CCR | Caisse Centrale de Réassurance |
| CCRA | Climate change risk assessment |
| CCRI | Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment |
| CCRIF | Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility |
| CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project |
| CDRFI | Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance |
| CEE | Certificats d’Économies d’Énergie |
| Cerema | Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning |
| CliF-VI | Climate Finance Vulnerability Index |
| CRE | Commercial real estate |
| CSRD | European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
| DGNB | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen, German Sustainable Building Council |
| EBA | exabytes |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| EDGE | Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies |
| EPBD | Energy Performance of Buildings Directive |
| EPC | Energy Performance Certificate |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ESMA | European Securities and Markets Authority |
| ESRS | European Sustainability Reporting Standards |
| EU | European Union |
| EU GBS | European Green Bond Standard |
| EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| FAIR | Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plans |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FONDEN | Mexico’s national disaster fund |
| GBI | Green Building Initiative |
| GBP | Green Bond Principles |
| GFANZ | Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| HD | High-Definition |
| HQE | Haute Qualité Environnementale, High Quality Environmental standard |
| IAM | Integrated Assessment Models |
| IAMC | Integrated Assessment Consortium |
| ICMA | International Capital Market Association |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| ILFI | International Living Future Institute |
| ILS | Insurance Linked Securities |
| ILWs | Industry Loss Warranties |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRENA | International Renewable Energy Agency |
| ISI | Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISSB | International Sustainability Standards Board |
| IWBI | International WELL Building Institute |
| JMA | Japan Meteorological Agency |
| JSBC | Japan Sustainable Building Consortium |
| LBC | Living Building Challenge |
| LEED | Leadership & Energy and Environmental Design |
| MBS | Mortgage‑Backed securities |
| MEPS | Minimum Energy Performance Standards |
| MLIT | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism of Japan |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| NABERS | National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NFCs | Non-financial corporations |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program |
| NGFS | Network for Greening Financial System |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defence Council |
| NZAM | Net Zero Asset Managers |
| NZBA | Net Zero Banking Alliance |
| NZE | Net Zero Emissions |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECM | Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures |
| PACE | Property Assessed Clean Energy |
| PAI | Principal Adverse Impact |
| PB | Petabytes |
| PCRIC | Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company |
| PHI | Passive House Institute |
| PNACC‑3 | Third National Climate Change Adaptation Plan |
| PRI | Principle for Responsible Investment |
| RCPs | Representative Concentration Pathways |
| RELi | Resilient Design + LEED Integration |
| SASB | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEADRIF | Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility |
| SFDR | Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation |
| SILC | Savings and Internal Lending Communities |
| SPEs | Special-Purpose Entities |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| SSPs | Shared Socio-economic Pathways |
| STEPS | Stated Policies Scenario |
| TB | Terabytes |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| TRACC | Trajectoire de Réchauffement de Référence pour l’Adaptation |
| USGBC | U.S. Green Building Council |
| V20 | Vulnerable Twenty Group |
| VCCRP | Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project |
| VSLA | Village Savings and Loan Association |
Future‑Proofing Real Estate Investment
Place-Based Risks
